Big Land for Kansas

Eric Bossi

10/10/2008

Wolfeboro (NH) Brewster Academy coach Jason Smith knew that Thomas Robinson was on the verge of making a commitment. However, the 6-8 big man's coach figured he was safe travelling to do some admissions work for Brewster on Thursday. However, when Smith got back to campus he found out that his rugged big man was even further along than he thought.

“I got a text late last night from Kansas saying that Thomas
had committed,” Smith told Phog.Net. “Then I got a
text from Thomas this morninig confirming it. I just found out
myself.”

While many had speculated that Robinson was a Kansas lean for sometime
– particularly after a strong official visit to Lawrence for
KU’s ring ceremony. Smith says that last weekend’s
trip to Memphis made it a much more difficult decision for the star 17
year old.

“When he visited Kansas he had a phenominal trip and it was
obviously very intstrumental getting to see the ring ceremony and
everything,” said Smith. “I thought he was ready to
commit after that weekend but it’s always good to take a
couple visits for comparison purposes. After the Memphis trip the gap
definitely closed a little bit and made the decision more
difficult.”

In the end, comfort level with the staff, campus and current group of
players put the final decision in Bill Self and the Jayhawks favor.

“I think he likes the tradition a lot,” said Smith.
“He just kept saying that ‘I feel more comfortable
with Kansas.’ “